Sacred Ground

Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson columnist It was a short bike ride down the country road from our family farm to the cemetery. My great…
Policing, Racism and the Problem of Escalation

Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson I would like to say my wife and I never argue or get angry with each other. That,…
George Floyd and America’s Racial Caste System

Building an Antiracist Community By Tim Johnson, Columnist It felt like I had won the lottery. The flight attendant had informed me that my international…
Accountability and Cancel Culture

Building Community by Tim Johnson, columnist It was 1970, the year after the Stonewall uprising in New York City, which transformed the gay liberation movement from…
Thermostats and norms

Building CommunityThermostats and norms No one had touched the thermostat, but within minutes of his beginning to speak one could literally feel the chill in…
What’s the problem with truth?

Building Community By Tim Johnson Our children were asleep, or so I thought, when I asked my wife if she had finished hiding the Easter…
Racism, Runny Noses and the Myth of Freedom for All

by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor, Cherokee Park United Church[Editor’s Note: This is the tenth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are welcome:…
Resisting the Abusive Tape of Racism

by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor of Cherokee Park United Church[Editor’s Note: This is the ninth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are…
Building a Non-racist Community: Denial or repair

by Tim JohnsonRetired Pastor, Cherokee Park United Church [Editor’s Note: This is the eighth article in Tim Johnson’s series on racism. Comments and insights are…